Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

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The csnneai csmmlriee and Property
owneEs apllG.
The counties Of tie Oouncil. Aessrs.
Bashfsrd. IdIIis. Barns and Hannah.
appointed 70 confes with the property
owners Of Ninth street.. nesambied enc
| bg cne IN she Conncil chamber yester-
asy morning, and after Wills q PosT
THTKLzxoEEoKR representative dropped
| IN, and afterwards 7. O. Sears. Esq.
rspresentinR the property owners. and
Thomas Carroll, Esq, rspresenting the
city. Then, being ready for business,
thsy moved from the City Clerks Office
into the Council chamber. The Posr-
IxzKLzlGKsuKR man followed, and 81
the door met Mayor Mann (who was
Tiers not Is the Mayor, bot as prop
erty 0wner9. aud asked him II she meet
ing was Of the gtaT-chambeR character.
"Not At all" said the Mayor. No
close eommnnion about this- Gene
i'm
And the Posr-IExxIzzoKNcxa man
went In, seeing which Mr.. Hannah ross
up and walked around the table enoe or
twiss, mnstering something 20 the effect
thai be would have nothing to do with
ths business IL not conducted soze-
where that these did newspaper men
could not come in aud NEEDLE with it,
that they were forever prvine around
whore they had no business" OF words
TO that effect.
There vas . pauss Of an instant and
then Mr.. Lfilis moved that they edioaFu
up street 10 Mr.. Sears once. To this
the latter assented. and then they all
Fose up and fled ous Of the room with
their pers and umbrellas under their
arms before the surprised and offending
reporter. Messrs. Hannah and Lewis
led the way, not stepping in the Clerks
ofise, where the others tarried q mo-
meat to lAagh over the sudden STAN
pede.
Bashford and Bacon declared that
they we're In nouise afraid of the pub
Iicity thst might follSw any action hey
might take. Mayor Mann and Mr.. Car
roll couId see no harm to come sf l..
Mr.. Lillis said he thought committee
meetings should be private. sBat Sears
wanted to be alsne, too, !" said BashfoFd.
and 30 they all followed cot and went
up to the lawyers Offices. That was az
10 30 in the orning. Al $50 o'clock
they we're stiEl in session, but bad split
IN twsin-the Couneilmen were in Oar.
rolls Office and the property owners 10
Sears, With the understanding that
when q conclusion vas reached on
either side they would notify the other.
When Carroll, shortly after the time
stated, went into SeaTs' Office 70 see how
they we're doing, he found that the prop
erty holders had just adjourned. Hence,
nothing was done.
The total assessment for improving
the street is $3.50. OF that the City
Engineer gives as his estimate OF the
cost Of the work between A and d
streets as $40. The assessment upon
the property owners within that district
was e76l0 leaving the property owners
where the heavy work Is done to Pay
&170O. The complaining property
owners (between A and d. offered TO
pay the actual cost OF the work within
that district With SO per cent added,
making 81 SO but the committee would
not hear TO IL. and hence they parted bad
friends, the property owners declaring
that the Council could sue and be hang
ed. II they 90 to law the property own
efa say they will stay with the case until
ID dies OF exhaustion in the United
States Supreme Court before they will
quit.
THE WOES OF FRANCHISE.
Seine time ago II. r. Hatch secured q
franchise for tramway leading cut to
the city limits southwark. The ordin-
ance granting the franchise. the Mayor
has since declared, was passed Illegally.
~ he vetoed IL and il was not recon
sidered until weeks after the time
allowed in which vetoed bills may be
lawfully passed. A long and learned
opinion was read in the Council TO that
effect at recent meeting.
Ii Was declared on the street yester-
day that Mr.. Hatch has secured the
right Of way for q railway through ten
miles Of country extending southwark
into Q timber belt; that be represents
Eastern men who propose to build .
road of thai extent 10 intercept roads
that May reach this way coming noEth.
II is further stated that J. S. Howell,
who owns considerable property on the
southern limits Of the city. has given
bonds TO secare to the company sum
eient property upon which 70 put up
whA buildinRs they may require. pro-
yided they bald them on the property
stated. Howell is also repsrted TO have
offered every other lot 10 $50 acres (sll
to be cleared) 10 thu NJ. e. Conference
a. an indacemens 10 build the North
west University here.